Q194499: WD97:How Word Converts WordPerfect 5.x/6.x Hard and Soft Returns
Article: Q194499
Product(s): Word 97 for Windows
Version(s): WINDOWS:97
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Keyword(s): kbdta kbconversion winword word97
Last Modified: 14-NOV-2000
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The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Word 97 for Windows
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SUMMARY
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This article discusses the various types of "carriage returns" that are
available in WordPerfect and Word for Windows, and how those returns are
converted from one product to the other.
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WordPerfect 5.x and 6.x hard and soft returns are supported in conversion to
Word. WordPerfect's dormant hard returns are converted to normal paragraph
marks.
Differences in character spacing between the two products may cause soft returns
to be located in different locations than they appear in the original
WordPerfect document.
Leading for hard returns (secondary leading) is converted to spacing after import
from WordPerfect only. Leading for soft returns (Primary leading) is not
supported for conversion.
Soft returns are automatically inserted by WordPerfect when text reaches the end
of a line; a hard return is inserted by pressing ENTER.
A WordPerfect dormant hard return dictates that if a hard return appears alone on
a line at the top of a page that starts with a soft page break, it will be
changed from a hard return code into a dormant hard return code. This is done so
that the text at the top of the document is not needlessly shifted downward.
The most common instance in which a dormant hard return is inserted in
WordPerfect occurs if a user manually presses ENTER twice between the last
paragraph of one page and the first paragraph on the next page. In this case,
the formatting appears in Reveal Codes similar to:
Text at end of first page...[HRt-SPg]
[Dorm HRt]Text at beginning of following page...
Given printer driver differences, the WordPerfect converter supplied with Word
has no way to determine if a dormant hard return code will actually remain
located at the top of a page following conversion, and therefore it converts the
code to a normal paragraph mark. The result is that an unwanted blank line may
appear in a converted document.
The solution is to delete the extra paragraph mark following conversion. If the
unwanted paragraph mark appears at the top of a page in the converted document,
set Paragraph Spacing After to 12 pts in the last paragraph of the preceding
pagefirst page to restore original layout. This process can be automated using
the Autoformat feature in Word, which converts manual double-spacing between
paragraphs into paragraph spacing after.
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